The Osceola times., 1887-03-12
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Cenpllsd iron varieas SsareeA
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

tEHDONAL AND fOLlIhCAA
TIE final passage Of the Canadian Re-
taliation bill by Congress took the Lon
aon papers and public officials by sur
prise.
Mrs. WARD, who was recently shot by
her husband, the Euglewood (N j. per-
son, has made q statement Of how the
shooting was done. 1t seems there had
been quarrel.
An extended report was submitted to
Congress on the Sd by the Curtin select
committee, which was appointed TO inves-
tgsts the railroad strikes in the West.
They do not lay all the blame on the
strikers.
OK the ID the bill authorizing the con-
struction of new bridge at Kansas City,
No., was passed by the Senate and has
been approved by the President The
President signed the bill giving the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad
right Of way through the Indian Terri
tory.
Recommendation Of the chief Of engineers
that the construction Of the Baltimore &
Ohio bridge over the Arthur Kill be per-
mitted, provided the requirements Of the
rule Of the department Of July 81, 1885, be
complied with.
ON the night of the I'd r. o. Thomas,
who has been running shirt factory and
doing good business in Cedar Rapids,
"a, for the past month, left for ST. Paul.
Previous 70 going and after banking hours,
Thomas secured money on forged drafts.
When the discovery was made on the 81,
Of the forgery, further revelations fol-
lowed which showed him TO have
h.a nttt a at H.
aliy
IT 10 learned upon most trustworthy au-
thority that the President intends TO ap-
point Mr.. Oscar 8. Strauss, Of New York,
10 the vacant Turkish mission. Congress-
man Tucker, It 10 understood, was offered
and declined the appointment. Mr.. Strauss
b wealthy Hebrew Of New York, about
eorty-nve years old.
OK the 81 the fact quietly leaked out at
Buffalo, N. Y, that Miss Margaret Math-
Or, the famous theatrical star, had been
secretly married, the ceremony being per-
formed In that city about two weeks pre-
viously. Mr.. Emil Habercorn, leader Of
the orchestra Of the Union Square Thea
ter, New York. is the happy groom.
REV. PETER BEcKx, Superior General
Of the order Of Jesuits, died at Rome on
tho Eth.
GOVERNOR HILL has removed General
Bhaler from ONCE In the Health Depart
ment Of New York City.
THE relatives OF LieutenantG Governor
Mcdonald of Michigan have been looking
for him for thirtv-nine years and have
lust learned his whereabouts.
MRs. JAMES BRowN-PorTER Is at last an
actress ''by profession" On the 4th she
Aligned Q contract to a an engagement at
The Hsymarket Theatre, Lo don.
No one welcomes the adjournment Of
Congress more than Mrs Cleveland, as
she 10 completely tired out from her re.
cent onerous social duties, and wants q
few weeks Of undisturbed rest
IT 10 said at the White House that there
IL no probability Of a special session OF
the Senate being called by the President
for the purpose Of acting on nominations
or for any other purpose.
TIE death-roll Of the Forty-nin Con.
gress was an extraordinary one, compris.
Ing the unprecedented number Of thirteen
names in the House and Senate. They
are those Of Vice President Hendricks
president Of the q mate; Senators Miller
Of California; Pike, of New Hamp
shire, and Logan, Of Illinois; and Repre-
sentatives Hahn, of Louisiana; Arnot-
Beach and Dowdney, Of New York; Price,
Of Wisconsin; Cole, Of Maryland: Elwood
of Illinois; Duncan, Of Pennsylvania, and
Rankin, Of Wisconsin.
Ex-CoNeREssMAN 4. BR.IruNG, OF
Negaunee, Mich, died at Eastman, Ca, Of
midnight Of the 81, Of pneumonia. Mr..
Breitung was pioneer OF the upper pen
= lnsula, where he lived the past twenty
years, representing his district in the
Forty-eighth Congress. His possessions
were estimated at from s5.0c00J0 to s7,'
BOO, coo, all Of which was made out Of iron
lands. He leaves q widow and sixteen
year-old son.
MOTHER ANGELA died at st. Mary's
Academy, South Bend, Ind, on the 4th.
she was closely related by kinship "a
General Thomas Ewing, General Sherman
and James q. Blaine, and was famous for
her charitable life in connection with the
Order Of Sisters Of the Holy Cross.
A HALF- BusH.L Of Presidential vetoes,
mum bering ll0 In all, was among the i'm.
pedimenta Of the House clerks Office when
Congress adjourned.
BY q recent order Of the President the
mi litary reservation Of Fort Colville, W.
T., has been transferred to the Depart
ment Of the Interior for disposition under
the &C Of July 5, 1854
BROADER GENERAL ORLANDO B. WILL
BOX, commanding the Department Of the
Nilsson ri, win be retired in April on &C
count Of age
Rev. HENRY WARD BEEcnER is lying at
deaths door from stroke Of apoplexy,
accompanied by paralysis of the left side.
The attack developed on the 4th, but as
su med dangerous phase on the evening
Of the 5th.
EX-SENATOR JoSEs, of Florida, wants to
be reelected, and, 1t is said, promises sen
sationsl reasons for his continued absence
from Washington.
TIE President celebrated the adjourn.
mont Of Congress by granting anumber
Of psrdons 70 United States prisoners.
NRs. JAMES BRowN-PorTER dined with
the Prince and Princess of Wales at MARI
borough House on the 9th.
COMMODORE E. P. LuLL, United States
Navy, died at Pensacola, Fla, on the 9th
IT 10 limited that the confirmation Of
Trotter - Register Of Deeds for the Dis.
trict Of Columbia was brought about
through fear on the part Of the Repub
Leans that his rejection would cost them
the colo red vote of Massachusetts.
LIBurENANr-CoLoNEL r. N. ScoTT,
Third artillery, chief Of the publication
ONCE Of the war records Of the rebellion,
died in Washington on the 5th, Of pneu-
monia.
NR. @. HARRIS HEAP, the United States
Consul-General at Constantinople, died in
that city on the 9th.
THE aggregate. of the appropriation bills
pas sed by the Forty-nin,h Congress is
about t250, 100000, exclusive Of the bills
which failed Of enactment
WILLIAM COOK, one of the seven organ
isers Of the Knights of Labor, died at
Philadelphia on the 9th, aged sixty-fve
yeore